Date: 2026-01-16Category: Extra OrdinaryState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
Notification regarding delegation of powers of the State Government under the Drugs and Magic Remedies Objectionable Advertisement Act 1954 21 of 1954 to the LGs Administrators of the Lakshadweep Chandigarh Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir.
This is an extraordinary notification, S.O. 256(E), published by the Ministry of Home Affairs in The Gazette of India, dated January 16, 2026 (Pausha 26, 1947). The President, in pursuance of clause (1) of article 239 of the Constitution, directs that the Administrator (whether known as the Lieutenant Governor or the Administrator) of the Union territories of Lakshadweep, Chandigarh and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir shall, subject to the control of the President and until further orders, exercise the power and discharge the functions of the State Government within their respective Union territories under the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954 (21 of 1954). The file number is F. No. U-11030/3/2025-UTL and the notification is issued by Praveen Kumar Rai, Joint Secretary. The registry number is D. L.-33004/99 and CG-DL-E-16012026-269399.
Key Entities Referenced
Article 239 of the Constitution: Constitutional article empowering the President to administer Union Territories.
Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954: The central law that is being applied to the Union Territories.
Union Territories of Lakshadweep, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir: The Union Territories where the Administrators will exercise powers under the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954.
Administrator: The person in charge of the respective Union Territories, who will exercise power and functions under the Act.
Ministry of Home Affairs: The ministry issuing the notification.
रजिस्ट्री स.ं डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
सी.जी.-डी.एल.-अ.-16012026-269399
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असाधारण
EXTRAORDINARY
भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (ii)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
स.ं 228] नई दिल्ली, िुक्रवार, िनवरी 16, 2026/पौष 26, 1947
No. 228] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2026/PAUSHA 26, 1947
गहृ मत्रं ालय
अजधसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 16 िनवरी, 2026
का.आ. 256(अ).—राष्ट्रपजत, सजं वधान के अनच्ु छेि 239 के खडं (1) के अनुसरण म,ें यह जनििे िेती ह ैंदक, लक्षद्वीप,
चंडीगढ़, िािरा और नागर हवेली और िमण और िीव, पडु ुचेरी एव ं िम्मू और कश्मीर संघ राज्यक्षेत्रों के प्रिासक
(चाह े वह उप-राज्यपाल या प्रिासक के नाम स े ज्ञात हों), राष्ट्रपजत के जनयंत्रण के अध्यधीन और अगले आिेि होन े तक,
अपने-अपने संबंजधत संघ राज्यक्षेत्रों के भीतर, ओषजध और चमत्काररक उपचार (आक्षपे णीय जवज्ञापन) अजधजनयम, 1954
(1954 का 21) के अधीन राज्य सरकार की िजि का प्रयोग और कृत्यों का जनववहन करेंगे।
[फा. स. ं य ू– 11030/3/2025-यूटीएल]
प्रवीण कुमार राय, संयुक्त सजचव
358 GI/2026 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 16th January, 2026
S.O. 256(E).— In pursuance of clause (1) of article 239 of the Constitution, the President hereby directs that
the Administrator (whether known as the Lieutenant Governor or the Administrator) of the Union territories of
Lakshadweep, Chandigarh and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir shall,
subject to the control of the President and until further orders, exercise the power and discharge the functions of the
State Government under the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954 (21 of 1954) within
their respective Union territories.
[F. No. U-11030/3/2025-UTL]
PRAVEEN KUMAR RAI, Jt. Secy.
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